Costco Wholesale Corporation was a leading decliner within the services sector, falling $1.02 (-1%) to $99.49 on average volume.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation ( COST) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services laggard. The sector as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Costco Wholesale Corporation fell $1.02 (-1%) to $99.49 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $99.33-$101.37 after having opened the day at $100.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $100.51. Other companies within the Services sector that declined today were: Express ( EXPR), down 22.2%, RadioShack ( RSH), down 13.3%, China HGS Real Estate ( HGSH), down 10.9%, and Gol Intelligent Airlines ( GOL), down 10.5%.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities. Costco Wholesale Corporation has a market cap of $43.3 billion and is part of the retail industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 28, equal to the average retail industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 20.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Costco Wholesale Corporation a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Costco Wholesale Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.